90: Body Wisdom in Dating. What Your Nerves Know Before You Do. With Lisa Hawkins.

In this heartening episode of Revolutionise Your Love Life, Heather welcomes relationship and self awareness coach Lisa Hawkins to explore how our bodies guide us in dating. Lisa shares how a calm surface can hide clenched fists and jaw, why the nervous system is drawn to what is familiar, and how to retrain it towards healthy connection. Together they offer gentle, practical steps to build conscious awareness, use journalling and Lisa’s Pause Method, and give yourself space before saying yes to more. They also speak about releasing long held emotion from the body and choosing curiosity over criticism. This is a kind conversation for anyone who wants to date with self respect, steadiness and joy.

Key Takeaways

1. Your body tells the truth kindly. Clenched hands and tight jaw can speak louder than a smooth surface calm.
2. Do not book the second date on the first. Give your brain and body time to settle so choice can be clear.
3. Curiosity heals. Journalling, pausing and gentle questions move you from old patterns to healthy partnership.

About your host:
Heather has been working in mental and emotional health for over 30 years. First as an Art Psychotherapist then as a Counsellor and Couples Therapist. She now specialises in love and relationship coaching.

Heather is a qualified Calling in “The One” and “Conscious Uncoupling” coach, having been trained and mentored by Katherine Woodward Thomas. In addition, she is a long-term accredited member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Health and Care Professions Council registered and a member of The British Association of Art


About Laura:
Lisa Hawkins is a relationship and self-awareness coach, and the founder of Consciously Awake Counseling. For over 26 years, she’s been passionate about the human experience - why we love, how we connect, and what gets in the way. She works with both men and women to awaken the part of themselves that already knows how to love deeply, freely, and consciously.

Through spiritual inquiry, emotional accountability, and her signature Pause Method, Lisa helps people question old beliefs, shift their patterns, and create authentic relationships - starting with the one they have with themselves. Her work is about truth, healing, and connection at a higher level.Whether you're navigating love, healing from heartbreak, or learning to trust yourself again, Lisa brings wisdom, presence, and a deep respect for the human experience.

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